| wake to look into the eye of hope ! |
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i walked down the street again today only to realise that there was still nothing new to see . so what should i have done but to walk back home . the next day i woke to hear a voice say : wake to look into the eye of hope . hope ? what should i hope for . i didn't know . i got up and walked to my mirror . i looked at myself in the mirror . nothing had changed . i got dressed . it all still seemed the same . i had breakfast . it all still seemed the same . then i got up from the table , i walked towards the door , i took the handle , i turned it , i twisted my hand like i always did , i opened the door |
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i looked |
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nothing had changed . the brick houses were still there . all the cars were still there . the lawns were as neat as ever . the neighbours' dogs barked cheerfully as they always did when someone walked by . someone waved to someone else as he got into his car to drive to work . a mother was shouting at her son for forgetting his lunchbox again . i used to forget my lunchbox too . it was the same woman i always heard shouting at the shop-assistants in sainsbury's |
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i walked down the street again today only to realise that there was still nothing new to see but this time i walked on . |
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i don't know |
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how long i walked it might have been an hour , a day , a month or only a few minutes |
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i don't know |
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i saw something in the distance . it was coming closer . i couldn't tell what it was . i stood still . it was still coming closer . it stood still in front of me . it was a woman or maybe she was younger , a girl . i didn't know her name . i knew her but i didn't know where from . her hair was dark and straight . her skin was pale . she had a few freckles in her face . she seemed to smile at something . she seemed to be happy . i might have liked her but i didn't know . she didn't say anything , she just stood there right in front of me . i didn't do anything else either . time passed we were still standing as if we had just got there . she was still smiling . i didn't know what she was thinking . i wanted to know . perhaps she thought the same . |
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i don't know |
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i lifted my arm . i took her hand . i did it very gently she didn't seem to mind . |
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i don't know |
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why but then i said to her : i woke to look into the eye of hope . then i turned around and walked back home . |
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who knows what life is ? |
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i don't |
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© d wolschner
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